BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 11, 2025
On March 10, 27 people amassed to rescue a 55-year-old woman who had been hiking on the Pemetic Northwest Trail. Despite wearing traction devices on her footwear, the woman slipped on ice and fell 25 feet. After the rescuers performed a technical rescue to retrieve the woman, she was transported by the Mount Desert Fire Department ambulance to Mount Desert Island Hospital. The woman suffered head and leg injuries in the fall.